Contrasting Hydrological Controls on Bed Properties During the Acceleration of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
• Main Authors: Bougamont, M, Christoffersen, P, Nias, I, Vaughan, DG, Smith, AM, Brisbourne, A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2019
• Subjects: Pine Island Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelves; Pine Island
• Online Access: http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3093304/; https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jf004707

In the Amundsen sector of West Antarctica, the flow of glaciers accelerates when intrusion of warm ocean water onto the continental shelf induces strong melting beneath ice shelves and thinning near the glaciers' grounding line. Predicting the future of these glaciers is, however, hindered by a...